St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-18

tally:
/ was put in prison March, 1885 Saw Stor.
dock, shortly after MeGill's election. talking
with the matron in her room, once IN No.
vember and again in December; / also had
talk with Mrs. McNeal She said she wanted
Mrs. Rapp TO testify against Reed. She
the oath. she said he would free me if would
swear. She said EN- McClnton wasn'1
bright, and Mrs. McNeal wanted me to tell
Mrs. Rapp some story about Warden Reed.
a convict Mrs. McNeal fixed up the story
to .taae s Mary SaS @srsSsr hs hsd iGls nformes
me that she had Warden Reed foul. l re-
geon. She told me that Mrs. McNeAl told her
Mary that if she did not testify against
Reed she would be put in the dungeon. Mrs.
derstand that Mary was placed in the dun
geon because she had SAID Mrs McNeal fat
Mrs: M'eNears shield for placing
made Mary promise she would make states
ments to suit her before she was given hei
liberty. never knew or heard from any one
that Deputy Westby was implicated in any Of
this matter. Mary said she had sworn al
Mrs McNeal asked her to do. and Mrs. Me-
Neal corroborated her statement. My good
time was threatened by the matron if
I DID NOT MAKE SUCH STATEMENTS
as she wished me. When Mary told me her
story she shed tears and said she had been
compelled to blacken the character of a good
man. She told me her entire statement was
false. She stated to me that when sworn be-
fore Notary Barry she dropped her hand and
turned her head to one side when he (Barry)
said the words; so help me God Mrs. Nc
Neal stated that both Niger Charley
OF it, and she wanted things fixed up
better. Mary had stated upon return
ing from the-presence of the committee that
she had refused to be sworn. She had al
m bod
nal intercourse with her. / never heard of
| anything improper between Warden Reed
and the woman until Mrs. McNeal started the
story. Mrs. McNeal used to refer TO Warden
Reed most viiely. She said she was treated
as servant. and that. when Gov. Hubbard
and others of prominence visited the
warden's house, she was never in,
prayer of Azilda Beaudry's published
In the Mirror l saw it in Mrs. McNears own
handwriting, and afterwards in Stordocks
ofiiee Azilda Beaudry was life convict,
and had been promised her liberty If she
would only testify against Reed. Stordock
told her she would be pardoned if she would
testify in that way. That was why she swore
Reed had had intimate relations with her
Azilda always avowed TO me that her testi-
mony against Reed was untrue. | asked her
if she SO confessed to the priest. and she said
yes: also asked her how she dared to do
| thing. l dare do another" had
TALK WITH CHARLRs MUNSTER
| IN November last. He spoke to me through
| door grating about Emma Brown and other
| eonvicts. He said that Stordoek had prom.
ised AZilda pardon, and when it was OBJ.
tanned he and Azilda would leave and live to-
| gether; Mrs. McNeal had the story made up
! that l was 10 swear that l saw
Azilda go into the inspectors room
alone with Reed: that l heard the door lock;
that saw McNeal at the keyhole. listening;
! that went for pail of water and found
Hunster peeking in al an outside window.
| All this was TO be understood by Hunster.
| was to understand him. SO we were to help
| each other. Mrs. McNeal had said that the
! deputy warden was doubtful as tothe story
against Reed. and my duty was to make the
! deputy believe the story as true. On Sept. 10,
! while l was in bed. and Mrs Rapp in
| her ceh-the other women being in the iaun-
| dry-Mrs. McNeal took Mrs. .Rapp to her room
for q private talk. She afterwards fixed il so
as to have me Say that FayetIe Marsh, who
| was down stairs trying the case. had sent me
up some papers by Mrs. Rapp containing an
| put in her cell, but she brought nothing
back with her. Mrs. McNeal wanted me TO
state that at the time Blethen was here 1
heard P. II. Kelly and a Saltwater merchant
| talking about bonuses given for the prison
trade. This conversation was to be
located at the time Blethen was here,
There was talk about the prison that Azilda's
child was Hunster's. Azida was often in the
matron's room when the latter was absent
| have seen Hunster there once with his arm
around Azilda. She told me she got rid Of
me that it was while in the laundry, and
Mrs. McNeal had hold of her arm. that she
determined TO swear against Reed and
Azildal said everything was a lie: 1 was very
sick;
COULD GET NOTHING TO EAT
Mrs. McNeal told me if wanted to eat some
eggs and milk could do SO if l would make
To5en sod D Pfas last agreed e5rs3mn; s9 it
that Mrs. Men. had made me swear falsely
about Warden Reed. 1 told him, in her
presence, that they were trying TO ruin Reed:
Thinking l was going to die ! told Dr.. Pratt
by Mary Washer. He shook his head
as if to give me 10 understand
| was to say nothing more before the matron.
] told the doctor my letters were fabrications.
told him was being deprived of food, and
afterwards got something. In May or June
wrete letter to Chaplain Mathew, telling
water man to deliver, but it never
reached its destination it stated the CON
spiracy against Reed. 1t was partly in
cipher, but told where to go to get the intro
against prison rules. The bearer was DR..
were: ere For or conspiracy. the 'e first three
letters: for warden, wn: for ruined three
for colored. l was
NOT rEIMITrED TO SEE ANY ONE
A man was at work setting glass in the sky
light on the roof. To him tried TO talk, but
tola elS"n him: neipesw I've me always @ liked the the
old warden and wouldn't live to see him
wear the stripes. as Mrs. McNeal says he'll
have to-" He only smiled and said we should
not talk to him-it was not right. 1t was in
September this took place. don't know the
1 wrote letter to Mr.. Searles. He came to
see me and told me to tell the truth,
let it hit where it would-he had no malice
in the matter"
fNrsNSS ND, Il. MnN no1
tried TO get me to make false charges against
Warden Reed. l always had trouble with
her. The first was when l fused to give tes,
timony to suit her wrote many papers OF
in December; another wrote after Reed
was gone. but dated back prior to Mr.. Reeds
departure. l told Mrs. Reed l would write
anything she wanted after Twas free.
The letter. written Mr.. Mathew and
given to DIR. Pratt, was here shown wit
ness and identified. Among other things
it contained
WERE THE POLLING;
StillwaterP rison. May, 1871 write this
letter praying God to send DR.. Mathew, q
PRAYER and not let me die here un-
til l can tell about the conspiracy to
ruin Reed by false statements. So help me
God my own life is in danger; I've told
Alden j. Blethen and John NJ. Miller, both
honorable gentlemen of Minneapolis, that
Matron McNeal was bad woman. A human
heart could not do more evil.
told Blethen many things about Matron
McNeal and begged him not to reveal what
| said while / was prisoner. The way
came to tell them was that l was taken to
court in Minneapolis TO testify in n libel suit.
l never saw them until they came TO
the prison to get evidence against Smith, who
sued the Tribune. i said many things to
John NJ. Miller. believing him TO be a Chris
tan gentleman. He said, LET me speak to
Warden Reed" who was walking ahead
of us. l said, Don't do it.
/ will get punished y Reed